MQ 2024 News and informations
News
New surveys for oximetry on Cobas b 123/221 and GEM devices
Sample K54 for the determination of tHb, O2Hb, COHb, Meth-Hb, HHb and sO2.
This sample can be measured like a patient sample.
Cost: CHF 80 per year (4 samples per year)
Pilot EQA 2024-2: H13 cell count BF and H14 HbF cells
MQ now offers the following new samples:
Sample H13 for the determination of leucocytes, polynuclear and mononuclear cells, erythrocytes and total cell count in body fluid.
Sample H14 for the determination of foetal haemoglobin (ql) using the ‘Kleihauer-Betke’ smear method.
Sample change for AFIAS und Triage:
Participants who measure the D-Dimer with AFIAS or Triage will now receive a separate sample (G6).
From now on amplification and nucleic acid detection quantitative (viral load) for:
Sample V2 CMV 160.- per year
Sample V3 EBV 160.- per year
Sample V4 HBV 160.- per year
Sample V5 HCV 160.- per year
Sample V6 HIV 160.- per year
The pilot surveys for HIV/hepatitis serology have been successfully completed. The following samples will be definitively introduced from 2024:
Sample B42 HIV/Hepatitis B and C qualitative and quantitative (Hepatitis B)
Sample B43 Hepatitis A
Sample B44 Hepatitis E
Information on
Prompt evaluations and reports:
The evaluations are available in your online system 5 weeks after the samples have been sent. The reports are uploaded to the homepage at the same time.